Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship

This report analyses the health, safety and psychosocial work environment and its management on board a merchant ship – M.T.Orchids. On field study is done onboard the merchant ship in order to understand the existing practices onboard the ship using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, obser...

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Main Author: Sunil Kumar, Adikesavan
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24907/
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description This report analyses the health, safety and psychosocial work environment and its management on board a merchant ship – M.T.Orchids. On field study is done onboard the merchant ship in order to understand the existing practices onboard the ship using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, observation and documentary analysis as research techniques. The study specifically looks at analyzing the gaps between the documented procedures and the actual followed procedures onboard the ship. This study shows a significant gap between the documented procedures and the followed practices. It indicated that the factors that caused but not limited to be complex procedures, need for training, seafarer’s job insecurity, lack of organizational support and low-trust work environment.
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spelling nottingham-249072018-01-30T10:10:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24907/ Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship Sunil Kumar, Adikesavan This report analyses the health, safety and psychosocial work environment and its management on board a merchant ship – M.T.Orchids. On field study is done onboard the merchant ship in order to understand the existing practices onboard the ship using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, observation and documentary analysis as research techniques. The study specifically looks at analyzing the gaps between the documented procedures and the actual followed procedures onboard the ship. This study shows a significant gap between the documented procedures and the followed practices. It indicated that the factors that caused but not limited to be complex procedures, need for training, seafarer’s job insecurity, lack of organizational support and low-trust work environment. 2011-09-09 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24907/1/MANAGEMENT_PROJECT.pdf Sunil Kumar, Adikesavan (2011) Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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title Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship
title_full Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship
title_fullStr Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship
title_short Analysis of Psychosocial Environment and Its Management Onboard A Merchant Ship
title_sort analysis of psychosocial environment and its management onboard a merchant ship
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/24907/